The most important branch of our activity at MarAlpina – the Balneo Tourism – is also our dedication.
The trend in medical care and certain other new developments motivated us to create a special branch of Balneo tourism in our organization.
Our MarAlpina – Slovenia is in this respect the backbone of our efforts.
Years of research and historical experimentation during the dawn of the internet in the 90’s are culminating now in our Balneo Program developments.
This is much more than health tourism, medical tourism, joy of traveling and wellness experience – this is quintessentially a lifestyle change and we at MarAlpina are proud to proclaim that we have been in this fascinating process from the beginning.
Our Balneo programs are absolutely unique and permanently evolving, capable to adapt to present or future health challenges.
Balneo Tourism vs Medical Tourism
Medical Tourism
· Developed and amplified after WW II
· Originally wealthy patients wanted the best treatment, best experts, best outcome
· Understandable – if health is the most precious possession; this was the positive beginning.
In 60’s and 70’s, industrial nations start developing
· Socialized medicine
· Final goal – single provider system
· Total government control
Consequences:
· Patient refuses government control
· Patient wants procedures not offered home
· Drugs not accepted in home country or too expensive
· Patients refusing to wait in line for government bureaucracy
Countries most afflicted
· Great Britain
· Canada
· Some EU countries
The negative side of Medical Tourism:
· Patients against governmental control
· National healthcare impact
o Major losses
o USA in 2017 $147 billion
· Illegal procedures
· Substandard of care in third world countries
· Patient returning home with major health problems without recourse and high follow up therapy
Reverse patient economics
· Initially patient traveled for better quality of care with higher costs expected and not objected to
· Today patient travels for cost reduction and cheaper healthcare
Bottom Line
· Medical Tourism changing in time its character and goals with major economic and medical risk implications
Balneo Tourism
· Historically over 2000 years old
· Greeks, Egyptians and Romans have traveled for health
· Natural medicine from Aesclepius
· Going for lifestyle change – mineral waters
o Climate change
o Diet change
o Specialized Balneo Medicine
· Presently practically unknown in the US
· USA patients do not have Balneo Medicine available home
· Patient returning home is healthier – less costs on home health care
· “healthier population costs less” from New Gingrich’s Trump’s America
· No competition to the home healthcare
· Complementing the home pharma medicine
· Nothing negative about Balneo therapy
· Patient and home healthcare are both winning
· Balneo Medicine amplifies, assists and balances the pharma medicine for the sole benefit of the patient
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